CARDtober #28 Monday Multiples

For the record, I did make 2 of this card, although the 1st one didn't have a pocket or card inside. I may scan and add it later, but for now, I am just showing the second version.

On the left is the closed card. The top portion is a flap. The bottom part is a pocket, which is overlapped slightly by the flap. The right image is the open card, with the card insert taken out of the pocket.

CARDtober 27 Pretty Patterned Paper

For this challenge, we were to use patterned papers to create either a set or a single card using the Sheet Load of Cards pattern for May 2020.  This was my take, although instead of a circle, I used a Silhouette print and cut design. I really liked the scalloped edge, and it seemed to match relatively closely to the yellow of the polka dot paper. The ultra thin border of the outside edge is not actually part of the card pattern, but just a piece of card stock that I put behind the card when I scanned it. The cards with a white border don't show up well on the blog, since it also has a white background.

CARDtober 26 Framed by Die Cuts

This one took me 3 tries before I was happy with the results. The first one wasn't bad:

 

I just wasn't really that happy with it. So I tried a second time, hated the border, so I didn't even glue anything down. The example was multiple die cut leaves, which looked really nice, and which went all the way to the outside edge, but a lot of die cutting and/or punching is hard on my hands. I needed something that was easier, but I was having difficulty finding dies that seemed suitable. I finally chose some dies that looked like wooden boards, and that you can ink like stamps for the wood grain to show. I added an AI fall design in the center, and I was a lot happier with this one.

 

CARDtober #25 Loving Leftovers Double Cluster

For this challenge, I am asking card makers to make a card with TWO embellishment clusters: one large, one small.

I used Queen & Co. dies to cut out the cooky jar, baking sheet, rolling pin, and cookies, as well as the mini banners for the small cluster.

CARDtober24 Color Triad

For this challenge, we were to use a color triad. I chose blue, yellow, and purple. I used an older BoBunny paper pad. The colors look better together in real life than the scan makes it seem. I did a bit of fussy cutting to get the flowers on the banner and the beehive.

 

CARtober 23 Product: Ribbon

This challenge is to use two or more ribbons or fibers. The example used woven ribbons. I chose to make a bow, and decided to add it on a shaped card (Queen & Co. Stocking shaker, but I didn't use the shaker parts). The white top of the stocking is velveteen paper.

 

CARDtober 22 Texture

This challenge was to emboss then sand or ink. I used a card stock that I thought would work for the sanding, but it wasn't enough of a contrast, so I inked it. I added AI clip art that I printed and cut awhile back, and used a stamped phrase that I had made for a previous project, and added a small banner die cut behind it.